ITHACA, N.Y. — The Cornell women's soccer team rounds out its three-match homestand with a contest against Boston College on Thursday at Berman Field before making the trip to Bethlehem, Pa., for a match against Patriot League rival Lehigh on Sunday afternoon at the Ulrich Sports Complex.

MATCH NO. 4
Boston College at Cornell
SITE: Berman Field – Ithaca, N.Y. (natural surface)
RECORDS: Boston College (5-1-0, 0-0-0 ACC), Cornell (1-0-2, 0-0-0 Ivy League)
SERIES RECORD: Series tied, 2-2-2
SERIES STREAK: Tied 1
WEATHER FORECAST: 74°, Sunny, 0 percent chance of rain; Winds: SSE 10-15 mph
BROADCAST: ESPN+
Stats: CornellBigRed.com

MATCH NO. 5
Cornell at Lehigh
SITE: Ulrich Sports Complex – Bethlehem, Pa. (natural surface)
RECORDS: Cornell (1-0-2, 0-0-0 Ivy League), Lehigh (1-2-1, 0-0-0 Patriot League)
SERIES RECORD: Lehigh leads, 2-0-1
SERIES STREAK: Tied 1
WEATHER FORECAST: 69°, partly sunny, 15 percent chance of rain; Winds: NW 5-10 mph
BROADCAST: ESPN+
Stats: CornellBigRed.com

LAST TIME OUT
ITHACA, N.Y. (SEPT. 1, 2024) — Sydney Allen picked an opportune time to record her first collegiate goal as the sophomore forward headed in a cross from the right side of the penalty area by classmate Alanna Colbert to guide Cornell to a 2-1 victory over its Central New York rival Syracuse on a picturesque Sunday afternoon on Berman Field.

Joining Allen in the scoring column was senior forward Laken Gallman, who opened the scoring with a 22nd-minute tally. Junior goalkeeper Natalie Medugno also factored in the decision for Cornell, making a season-high five saves.

STARTING STRONG
Cornell has an unbeaten record through its first three matches for a second consecutive season and 12th overall time in the program's 42 seasons of competition. The other instances in which Cornell did not lose any of its first three matches came in 1986, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2023.

INSTANCES OF GOING UNBEATEN OVER FIRST THREE MATCHES
Cornell Program History
• 3-0-0 (1986, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2002, 2005, 2014, 2019)
• 2-0-0 (2015, 2023)
• 1-0-2 (2004, 2024)

With a win or tie against Boston College on Thursday, it would mark the 10th time Cornell has not lost any of its first four matches in a season (1986, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2004, 2005, 2015, 2019, 2023).

If the Big Red win or tie against Boston College and Lehigh, it would be the eighth time in program history that Cornell went unbeaten over its first five matches of a season (1986, 1991, 1992, 2004, 2005, 2015, 2023).

NON-LEAGUE DOMINANCE
Cornell is riding a program-record 14-match unbeaten streak against non-conference opponents, dating back to the 2022 season. During the streak, Cornell has a 6-0-8 record (.714) against non-Ivy League competitors.

With its win over Syracuse last Sunday on Berman Field, the Big Red broke its tie for the longest unbeaten streak in non-conference contests in program history, besting 13-match streaks set across 2001-03 (8-0-5) and 2014-16 (10-0-3).

LONGEST NON-CONFERENCE UNBEATEN STREAKS
Cornell Program History
• 14 matches (2022-Present) — 6-0-8 (.692)
• 13 matches (2001-03) — 8-0-5 (.808)
• 13 matches (2014-16) — 10-0-3 (.885)
• 9 matches (1985-86) — 7-0-2 (.889)

Cornell's last setback in non-league play came against Syracuse, 3-0, on Sept. 11, 2022, at SU Soccer Stadium in Syracuse. The previous instance in which Cornell dropped a non-conference match at Berman Field came against Marist, 2-1, on Aug. 28, 2022.

KNACK FOR THE NET
Cornell has scored at least one goal in 36 of its 50 matches played under Rob Ferguson, dating back to the 2021 campaign.

The 72.0 percent of contests with a goal ranks as the highest clip in Cornell program history, surpassing Randy May, the first head coach in program history, who saw his teams score in 67.7 percent of the 282 matches he coached during his 18-year tenure at the helm of the Big Red (191 games with a goal).

As of late, the Big Red has displayed its scoring prowess by scoring at least one goal in each of its last nine contests, 19 of its previous 20 matches, and 22 of its latest 25 fixtures, dating back to 2022.

With a goal against Boston College on Thursday, Cornell will have scored in 10 consecutive matches for the fifth time in program history. A 10-match goal streak would be tied for the second-longest in program history and be the first instance since scoring in 10 consecutive matches across the 2022 and 2023 seasons (Oct. 29, 2022 to Sept. 27, 2023).

LONGEST STREAK OF MATCHES WITH A GOAL
Cornell Program History
1. 13 matches (Sept. 10, 2003 - Nov. 1, 2003) — 28 goals (2.15 goals per match)
T2. 10 matches (Sept. 17, 1988 - Oct. 22, 1988) — 24 goals (2.40 goals per match)
T2. 10 matches (Sept. 24, 2000 - Oct. 24, 2000) — 18 goals (1.80 goals per match)
T2. 10 matches (Oct. 29, 2022 - Sept. 27, 2023) — 15 goals (1.50 goals per match)
T5. 9 matches (Nov. 4, 1992 - Oct. 12, 1993) — 22 goals (2.44 goals per match)
T5. 9 matches (Oct. 13, 1996 - Sept. 13, 1997) — 24 goals (2.67 goals per match)
T5. 9 matches (Oct. 4, 2023 - Present) — 13 goals (1.44 goals per match)

Entering Thursday's match with Boston College, Cornell has scored in 12 consecutive home matches, which is tied for the longest stretch of home fixtures with at least one goal scored. Cornell's previous record was initially set between the 2013 and 2014 seasons from Sept. 13, 2013, and Oct. 3, 2014, where Cornell scored 32 goals in 12 consecutive home matches.

The Big Red's current 12-match streak of home games with a goal is the third instance in which Cornell has scored a goal in 10-plus consecutive home fixtures, also joined by a 10-match span between the 1985-87 seasons (Oct. 16, 1985 to Sept. 30, 1987).

LONGEST STREAK OF HOME MATCHES WITH A GOAL
Cornell Program History
T1. 12 matches (Sept. 13, 2013 — Oct. 3, 2014) — 32 goals (2.67 goals per match)
T1. 12 matches (Oct. 29, 2022 - Present) — 19 goals (1.58 goals per match)
3. 10 matches (Oct. 16, 1985 - Sept. 30, 1987) — 24 goals (2.40 goals per match)
4. 9 matches (Sept. 22, 1996 - Oct. 14, 1997) — 20 goals (2.22 goals per match)
5. 8 matches (Sept. 23, 2011 - Oct. 2, 2012) — 13 goals (1.63 goals per match)

EMPIRE STATE OF MIND
Six of Cornell's first seven matches will feature the Big Red playing a contest within the Empire State, with the lone exception being this Sunday's contest against Lehigh in Bethlehem, Pa.

Dating back to Sept. 4, 2022, the Big Red has a 9-4-11 record (.604) in matches played within New York State.

Across its last 18 matches within New York, Cornell is unbeaten in 16 contests, posting an 8-2-8 record (.667). The lone setbacks came last season in Ivy League matchups on Berman Field against Harvard (3-1 — Oct. 7) and Brown (2-1 — Oct. 21).

NOT MISSING HER SHOT
Senior forward Ava Laden has attempted seven shots through the Big Red's first three matches with six being on target. Laden's .857 shot accuracy ranks as the fifth-best average in Division I soccer entering Tuesday's matches.

Only Howard's Mimi Richards (12-of-13 — .923), Radford's Lilly Short (10-of-11 — .909), Mount St. Mary's Sydoney Clarke (8-of-9 — .889), Duquesne's Mackenzie Muir (8-of-9 — .889), and Alabama State's Rachel Mull(7-of-8 — .875) have higher averages than Laden.

 TOP SHOOTING ACCURACY TOTALS
This Season (as of Sept. 2, 2024)
1. Mimi Richards (Howard) — 12-of-13 (.923)
2. Lilly Short (Radford) — 10-of-11 (.909)
T3. Sydoney Clarke (Mount St. Mary's) — 8-of-9 (.889)
T3. Mackenzie Muir (Duquesne) — 8-of-9 (.889)
5. Rachel Mull (Alabama State) — 7-of-8 (.875)
6. Ava Laden (Cornell) — 6-of-7 (.857)

SCOUTING BOSTON COLLEGE
Boston College enters Thursday's match with an overall record of 5-1-0 after UMass halted its season-opening five-match win streak on Sunday.

The Eagles have scored in all six of their matches so far, highlighted by a 6-0 victory over LIU (Aug. 25) and a 5-1 triumph over Merrimack (Aug. 18).

Sydney Segalla paces the Eagles' offense with her nine points (four goals, one assist). Aislin Streicek is behind Segalla with seven points (three goals, one assist). Paige Peltier is the only Boston College player with multiple goals scored on the season, potting markers against Merrimack and Gardner-Webb (Aug. 22).

Wiebke Willebrandt has started all six matches in goal for Boston College, playing 530:20 minutes of action and posting a 0.68 goals-against average and .692 save percentage.

As of Monday, Boston College owned the ninth-highest corner kicks per match average (8.83), 16th-highest shots on goal per match (9.67), and its plus-12 goal differential ranked as the 17th-best in Division I soccer.

BOSTON COLLEGE'S LAST TIME OUT
NEWTON, Mass. (SEPT. 1, 2024) — A pair of second-half goals scored by UMass handed Boston College its first loss of the season on Sunday at the Newton Campus Lacrosse and Soccer Field.

Bella Recinos (48th minute) and Nia Haslop (81st minute) tallied the markers for the Minutewomen before Sophia Lowenberg trimmed UMass' lead in half with an 85th-minute marker.

Wiebke Willebrandt made one save in goal for Boston College, while UMass' Bella Mendoza stopped four shots in the victory.

Boston College owned an 11-7 advantage in shot attempts and a 5-3 edge in shots on goal. The Eagles also won the corner kicks battle, 9-7.

LAST TIME AGAINST BOSTON COLLEGE
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (OCT. 2, 1994) — Jen Tidsbury and Lori Penny tallied goals for Cornell, while Amy Finkelstein assisted on Big Red both markers in its 2-2 double-overtime draw with Boston College at the Harvard Invitational.

Dierdre Burns scored both of Boston College's goals, which came two minutes apart of each other in the second half. Allison David assisted on the first marker and April Parker aided in the latter tally.

Cornell goalkeeper Sue DeLong made 15 saves in the draw while her counterpart, Boston College's Karen Devoe, logged 11 saves.

35 YEARS, 325 MILES, 6 MEETINGS
Cornell and Boston College will meet on Thursday for the seventh time in program history. It will be the first time the two programs face each other in 10,931 days (Oct. 2, 1994).

After registering 1-0 victories in the first two contests, Boston College has gone unbeaten over its last four contests with Cornell (2-0-2).

A victory over Boston College would be Cornell's first since logging a 1-0 overtime victory on Oct. 8, 1989, at adjacent Robison Alumni Field. Jennifer Smith potted the game-winning marker for Cornell 11:48 into overtime, aiding Melissa Gambrell to log a 10-save clean sheet.

Five of the six contests between the two programs have been decided by one goal or less.

SCOUTING LEHIGH
Lehigh enters this week with a 1-2-1 overall record, defeating Seton Hall, 2-1, on Aug. 22 and tying with Drexel, 4-4, this past Sunday.

Esther Brossard leads the Mountain Hawks' offense behind her one goal and one assist (three points). Aminah Baruwa, Cyndea Labissiere, Sophia Lis, Dakota Russell, and Zoe Schutter have all found the back of the net for Lehigh.

Maggie Ousouljoglou has played all 360 minutes for Lehigh so far, posting a 2.50 goals-against average and .655 save percentage over her four outings in goal.

LEHIGH'S LAST TIME OUT
PHILADELPHIA (SEPT. 1, 2024) — Despite Lehigh staking a 4-0 lead in the opening 40-plus minutes, Drexel responded with four unanswered goals to force a draw between the two Pennsylvania-based schools at Vidas Field.

First-year student Esther Brossard opened the scoring for the Mountain Hawks just 45 seconds into the contest before Sophia Lis (32nd minute), Dakota Russell (40th minute), and Cyndea Labissiere (41st minute) also found the back of the net for Lehigh.

Drexel responded quickly to Labissiere's goal, scoring 20 seconds later to make it a 4-1 contest. A trio of second-half goals led to the draw between the teams.

Maggie Ousouljoglou made three saves in goal for Lehigh and Sammy Widnick stopped six shots for Drexel.

LAST TIME AGAINST LEHIGH
ITHACA, N.Y. (AUG. 27, 2023) — Laken Gallman recorded her first collegiate multi-assist game, assisting on Abigail Bishara and Maddie Leroy's second-half tallies to aid Cornell to a 2-2 draw over Lehigh in its season-opening match.

The goals by Bishara and Leroy were the first in both players' collegiate careers.

Goalkeeper Natalie Medugno made one save in her second collegiate start for the Big Red.

Lehigh's Faith Dobosiewicz and Aminah Baruwa were the goal scorers for the Mountain Hawks, who had a four-save performance by Maggie Ousouljoglou. Ava Schaller assisted on both goals.

15 YEARS, 177 MILES, 3 MEETINGS
Cornell and Lehigh will meet on Sunday for the fourth time in program history. Lehigh owns the all-time series lead, 2-0-1.

The last time the two programs met in Bethlehem, Pa., Lehigh registered a 4-1 victory on Sept. 11, 2009, also held at the Ulrich Sports Complex.

Sidra Bonner scored the lone marker of the contest for the Big Red, while Lehigh had four different goal scorers in the victory. Liz Carlos tallied the Mountain Hawks' lone pair of assists in the match. Kelly Murphy made six saves in the setback for Cornell.